Method for producing tape leaders for hubs
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsOsamu Koizumi, Takayasu Hirano
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Abstract
A tape cassette is provided which has indicia indicating the characteristics of the tape contained therein. In one embodiment an information discriminating mark, capable of being optically sensed is provided on the magnetic tape. Fluctuations in the transmittance of the tape are detected by a photodetector device and a difference in the detected output is utilized for identifying the type of the tape cassette. In another embodiment, the bottom surface of the tape cassette is provided with physical indicia indicating the characteristics of the tape contained therein.
Claims3
A method for producing tape leaders for hubs from a crude tape bearing a plurality of pairs of information discriminating marks, each pair defining an intermediate area therebetween, comprising the steps of:
- orienting said crude tape between two hubs such that said intermediate area is aligned with a central cutting point between said hubs;
- cutting said crude tape at each of said two hubs and at said central cutting point and thereby creating a first tape leader between a first of said hubs and said central cutting point and a second tape leader between a second of said hubs and said central cutting point;
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- clamping a respective tape leader to each of said hubs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.